Method of making shoes and heel-securing means used in such method



June 29' 1926. 1,590,312

s. PALMIERI METHOD OF MAKING SHOES AND HEEL SECURING mums USED IN sucaMETHOD Filed April 9. 1924 INVEN TOR.

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Patented June 29, 1926.

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SALVATORE IPALMIEJELI, OF RGGHESTER, NEW' YORK.

METHOD OF MAKING SHOES AND HEEL-SECUBING MEANS USED IN SUCH METHOD.

Application filed April 9, 1924. Serial No. 705,382.

The present invention relates to a method of making shoes and a heelsecuring means used in such method, this application being acontinuation in part of an application filed by me on May 14th,1923,,Serial No. 638,787. An object of this invention is to provide foreffectively securing a French or wooden heel to a shoe. Another objectof the invention is to provide a heel securing means which may beattached directly to the inner sole before the upper is lasted, so thatthe securing means is firmly attached to the shoe.

To these and other ends, the invention consists of certain parts andcombinations of parts, all of which will be hereinafter described; thenovel features being pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a fragmentary side view of a last showing a fragment. of theinner sole secured thereto and the anchoring member of the heel securingmeans in position;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of a fragmentof the under side of the inner sole;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary plan view showing the underside of theshoe afterthe upper has been lasted to the inner sole;

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary plan view showing the underside of the shoeafter the outer sole has been placed in position;

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary side view of the shoe showing the heel anchoringprongs in position;

Fig. 6 is a top view of the heel, showing the opening in the heel seat;

Fig. 7 is a fragmentary view of a shoe showing the heel in position andin longitudinal section; and

Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the secur ing means.

In the illustrated embodiment of the invention the last 1 has the innersole 2 secured thereto in the usual manner. The anchoring plate 3 isthen secured to the inner sole by tacks 4 or other suitable means. Inthis instance, the anchoring member embodies a sheet metal plate out outat its center to provide three inwardly extending tongues 5, 6 and 7 thetongue 5 extending forwardly from the rear portion of the plate and thetongues 6 and 7 extending inwardly or to ward each other from the sideportions of and l.

tempered so that the tongues and the plate are resilient. Each tongue isprovided with an opening 8 which has screw threaded walls.

After the plate is secured to the inner sole, the upper 9 is lasted, theinwardly turned portion of the upper covering the sides and rear portionof the plate as shown in F 3, leaving the tongues 5, 6 and 7 exposed.Thereafter, the outer sole 9 is socured in place, this outer sole notextending over the heel portion so that the tongues 5, 6 and 7 may alsobe exposed. Three heel anchoring devices 10, 11 and 12 with inner screwthreaded ends are now secured in the screw threaded openings of thetongues 6 and 7 respectively. These heel anchoring devices are pointedand are provided with barbs 13 being formed preferably of the samematerial of which wire nails are formed so that they are pliable. Theheel 1a is now attached. Before the heel is attached it is provided withthree openings 15, 16 and 17. These openings are for the purpose ofcentering the anchoring nails 1O, 11 and 12 but are not so deep as thenails are long so that, -when the heel is driven in place on the shoe,the nails will, after passing through the openings, pass into thematerial of the heel. The openings are arranged in diverging relation sothat openings are spread or diverged with reference to each other. Thenail 10 which is near the rear portion of the heel is shorter than thenails 11 and 12 so that it will not pass completely through the rearshallow projecting portion of the heel.

From the foregoing it. will be seen that there has been provided a newmethod of securing wooden or French heels to shoes. According to thismethod an anchoring member is fastened to the inner sole before theupper is lasted so that this anchoring member lies between the innersole and the inwardly turned portion of the upper. Spring tongues areprovided on the anchoring member and carry anchoring prongs which enterinto openings in the heel the heel being applied after the lastingeration and operation of attaching the outer sole has been completed.The openings in the heel spread the prongs so that an eifec tiveconnection is provided between the heel and a resilient support for theprongs so that the prongs may be deflected sidewise to permit them to beentered into the openings ofthe heel.

When the anchoring tongues, but to twist the whole plate or anchoringmember so that after the prongs have been driven homeinto, the heel,this distortion of the plateacts to maintain the gap between the heelandtheshoe proper in a closed condition. H v V p What I claim as myinvention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

'1. In combination withna' shoe, a member secured to the shoe inthe heelport-ion thereof, prongs resiliently supported by said member, and aheelhaving diverging openings into which said prongs extend.

'2. In combination with a shoe, tongues provided with screw threadedopenings, prongs secured in said screw threaded openings, and a heelhaving diverging openings into which said prongs extendfor securing theheel to the shoe.

A shoe comprisingan inner sole, an up per with int-urned portions at itsheel secured to the underside of the'inner sole, a heel securing platesecured between the inner sole and the inturned portions of the upper,said plate having ton ues provided with screw threaded openings, pliablepron-gs secured in the screw threaded .openings,and a heel havingdiverging open-ingsin which said prongs extend.

A shoe comprising an'inner sole, an upper having int-urned-portmns at1ts heel, heel securing means secured between the inner prongs arepressed inwardly, they not only tend to deflect the sole and theinturned portion of the upper, and having also diverging prongsremovably' secured ,'and a' heel having diverging openings through itsseat in which said prongs extend.

5. In combination with a shoe, a resilient member secured to the heelportion thereof, prongs resiliently supported by said member, and a heelhaving diverging openings into which said prongs extend.

6. A nethod of making shoes which consists in attaching a resilientmember to the underside ofthe inner sole, lasting the upper to cause theinturned portions thereof to cover portions of said member, attachingthe outer sole, connecting. heel. anchoring prongs to the resilientmember, providlng a heel with diverging openings therein, deflectingsaid heel anchoring prongs to distort the resilient member and cause theprongs to 7 enter said openings and forcing the prongs into thediverging openings of the heel, while the resilient member is underdistortion. a

7. A method of making shoes which consistsin providing a shoehaving aresilient member provided with diverging prongs and secured to theunderside of the inner sole thereof with the inturned portions of theupper covering portions of said resilient member, providing a heel withdiverging openings, deflecting the prongs on the resilient member todistort the member and to cause the prongs to enter the divergingopenings ofthe heel, and forcing. the prongs=,..;

into said diverging openings.

SALVATORE PALMIE'RI.

